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VENDING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,750, dated November10, 1903. Application filed November 15,1902. Serial No. 131,530. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Laonrrs PEDERSEN, a subject of the King of Denmark,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Vending-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

lily-invention relates particularly to coin-' controlledvending-machines adapted for use in the sale of newspapers or otherarticles or packages of merchandise.

My primary object is to provide a machine capable of vending ordispensing articles of difierent kinds or descriptions-such, forinstance, as difierent newspapers-with the employment of a singlecoin-controlled mechanism.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is shown embodied in amachine for vending newspapers or the like, the machine comprising inthis form a series of vertical compartments equipped with independentbottoms sustained by spring-catches, arock-shaft extending parallel withthe front of the easing, a slide upon said rock-shaft adapted to servein the withdrawal of any one of the series of catches at will, a pointerwith which said slide is connected and which serves to indicate theposition of the slide with reference to any particular compartment ofthe paper-receptacle, and coin-controlled mechanism for operating therock-shaft after the slide has been preparatorily set by the purchaser.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view takenparallel with the front of the casing, as indicated at line 1 of Fig. 5;Fig. 2, a broken sectional view taken parallel to one end of the casing,as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4, broken sectional viewstaken as indicated at the corresponding lines of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, ahorizontal section taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 1; and Figs. 6and 7, broken perspective views of the rock-shaft, slide, pointer, andpointeractuating handle.

The preferred construction is as follows: A represents a casing having afront A, sides A A and a transversely-inclined deliveryplate A,terminating at a ledge or trough A B, a commodity-receptacle providedwith a series of vertical (chambers B, perpendicular to the front ofthecasing and having their lower ends closed by a series of bottom platesor article-supports B secured at their rear ends to alongitudinally-extending pivotal wire a, suitably supported by thecasing; B a series of spring catches or retainers secured to the frontwall of the commodity-receptacle and provided at their lower ends withshoulders 1), upon which the free ends of the plates B rest, andprovided adjacent thereto with forwardly-extending arms I), terminatingin upturned extremities b 0, a rock-shaft of square cross-sectionextending parallel with the front of the casing and suitably journaledin the casing ends; 0', an actuatingarm rigidly connected with therock-shaft at one end thereof; 0 a link pivotally connected at its frontend with the free end of the arm 0 and provided at its rear end with ashoulder o; D, ahorizontally-disposed plunger tube or guide lyingadjacent to the righthand end of the casing; D, a coin-actuating plungerprovided with a'recess or slot for re ceiving a coin; D a coin-actuatedmember pivotally secured at d and provided on its under surface with aninclined shoulder (91, with which the coin engages, said member D beingprovided with a coin-slot d located above the slot in the plunger D D acurved depending arm or link carried by the free end of the member D andloosely connected, Fig. 4, with the free end of the link 0 D a studprojecting laterallyfrom the inner side of the plunger and moving in aslot d with which the plunger-guide D is provided, said stud serving toengage the shoulder 0 when the free end of the link 0 is in its elevatedposition, thereby to rock the shaft Othrough the medium of the arm 0; E,a coin-chute leading to the slot d E, a coin-chute through which thecoinis delivered to any suitable till (not shown) after the machine has beenactuated; F, a spring serving normally to hold the arm 0 against a stopor stud f, projecting laterally from the inner side of theplungar-guide; G, a catch-actuatin g or catch-withdrawing slide mountedupon the shaft 0 and provided with a forwardly-projecting flange g,terminating at its lower end in a rounded tip or nose 9; G, aslide-actuating han- (I16 moving in a horizontal slot g in the easingfront, and G apointer carried by the bandle G.

Upon the outer surface of the front wall of the receptacle B are printedthe names of the papers with which the corresponding cham-v bers arecharged. The front wall of the casing A is provided with atransparently-covered horizontal view slot or opening h,through whichthe names upon the receptacle B may be read and the upper portion of thepointer Gr viewed. The slide G has a square opening which receives theshaft 0, the flange g extending across the front of the slide and overthe top of the slide, said flange being received by a slot 70, withwhich the inner end of the handle G is provided. The prolonga- "tion ofthe flange across the front of the slide permits the rock-shaft to berotated Without allowing the slide to become disengaged from the handle.Preferably the plunger-guide D is equipped with an additional stud Z,and the extremity of the link C has an inclined surface l,which ridesupon said stud during the inward movement of the link 0 While engaged bythe stud D assuming the free end of the link 0 to be in its raisedposition. The plunger is normally held in its extended position by aspring, as shown.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood from theforegoing detailed description. The slide G is normally free to be movedthrough the medium of the handle G in a position to engage any one ofthe series of catches B according to the newspaper de sired, the pointerserving to indicate Where the slide is to be placed in order to serve inthe release of the bottom plate of the chamber which is selected.Assuming the slide to be preparatorily placed in alinement with anycompartment, the purchaser may secure the paper in the compartment bydropping a coin in the slot E and pressing the plunger D inwardly.During the first portion of the inward movement of the plunger the coinis carried beneath the inclined shoulder d,thereby swinging the member Duipwardly about its pivot and lifting the free end of the link 0 throughthe medium of the link D This movement brings the shoulder 0 into thepath of the stud D and farther inward movement of the plunger causes thelink C to be drawn inwardly, thereby rocking the shaft 0 through themedium of the arm 0. As the shaft 0 is rocked during the final inwardmovement of the plunger the nose 9 of the slide Gpresses outwardly uponthe upturned extremity b of the catch whereat the slide is located,thereby releasing the free end of the corresponding bottom plate andpermitting the plate to fall. This allows the paper to fall folded edgedownwardly upon the inclined plate A down which it slides to thedelivery-trough A Obviously when the member D is not raised during theinward movement of the plunger the stud D will pass over the shoulder cof the link 0 so that the rock-shaft will not be actuated unless theproper coin is employed to raise the member D For the purpose ofresetting of the slide while the rock-shaft is held in the rotated orpartially-rotated position a series of studs'm project from the lowerportion of the front side of the receptacle B, said studs being out ofthe path of the slide G except when the rock-shaft is rotated, when theupper portion of the flange g would by engagement with a stud preventthe slide from being moved to a new position.

Obviously the form and proportions of the machine may be variouslymodified to adapt the machine to vend articles of different sorts. Theform of the delivery means may be altered also without departure from myinven-. tion.

Changes in details of construction within the spirit of my invention maybe made by those skilled in the art. Hence no undue limitation should beunderstood from the foregoing detailed description.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vending-machine, the combination of a plurality of compartments,individual delivery means for the compartments, a rockshaft, and anormally free slide movable longitudinally upon said rock-shaft whichmay be preparatorily set to correspond with any selected compartment andthrough the medium whereof the delivery means of the selectedcompartment may be actuated.

2. In a vending-machine, the combination of a plurality of compartments,article-supports for the several compartments, retainers for saidarticle-supports, a normally free movable actuating device for saidretainers, and means for actuating said device regardless of theposition of the device, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a vending-machine, the combination of a plurality of compartments,individual article-supports connected therewith, retainers for saidarticle-supports, a rock-shaft, a retaineractuating slide on saidrock-shaft, and means for preparatorily setting said slide, for thepurpose set forth.

4. In a vending-machine, the combination of a plurality of compartments,article-supports therefor, retainers for said supports, a normally freemovable retainer-actuating device, and a pointer movable with saiddevice, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a vending-machine, the combination of an article-receptacle, aplurality of articlesupports, retainers for said supports, a rockshaft,a retainer-actuating slide on said rockshaft, an actuating-arm for saidrock-shaft, and a link connected with said arm, for the purpose setforth.

6. In a vending-machine, the combination of a casing having at its frontside a horizontal slot, a slide-adj usting handle movable in said slot,an article-receptacle, a plurality of article-supports,a plurality ofarticle-support retainers, and a retainer-actuating slide con- IIOnected with said handle and through the medinm whereof the retainer ofany selected support may be actuated, for the purpose set forth.

7. In a vending-machine, the combination of an article-receptacle, aplurality of articlesupports pivotally supported at their rear ends, aplurality of spring-retainers bearing the front ends of said supportsand equipped with projections, and a normally free movable device whichmay be set at will to engage any selected one of the projections, forthe purpose set forth.

8. In a vending-machine, the combination of a plurality of compartments,a plurality of article-supports, a plurality of retainers 'for saidsupports, a slide through the medium whereof said retainers may beactuated, a

their rear ends, retainers for the front ends of said plates, means forreleasing said retainers, and a transversely-inclined deliveryplatebeneath said compartments, for the purpose set forth.

LAURITS PEDERSEN. In presence of- A; G. KITTLESON, ALBERT D. BACCI.

